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Summary Box: Weatherization plan sparks pros, cons |
07-06-09 |
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| BIG BOOST: The federal stimulus program is expected to provide a $5 billion investment in weatherization projects across the nation.
BIG BELIEVERS: Advocates of the program say it is money well sp... |
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HUD sets options for hurricane victims in trailers |
07-06-09 |
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| NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Barack Obama's administration, which is trying to avoid mass evictions of hurricane victims still living in federally supplied trailers along the Gulf Coast, will... |
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AP: FEMA may put storm victims in foreclosed homes |
07-06-09 |
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| MIAMI (AP) — The federal government is exploring how to put Florida hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes if a Katrina-like storm devastates the region and shelters, hotels and other housing... |
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Prospective buyer says NJ Trump Marina sale is off |
07-06-09 |
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| ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New York firm that wanted to buy the Trump Marina hotel-casino in Atlantic City, N.J., and transform it into a Jimmy Buffett-inspired tropical resort says the cur... |
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Correction: Service Package-Hurricane Preparedness |
07-06-09 |
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| In a May 26 story about changes in the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a separate scale will be introduced for storm surge ranges as a hurricane appro... |
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Some flowers are self-planting |
07-06-09 |
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| Are you tired of playing nursemaid to baby flowers, seedlings that each year you plant in containers, carefully nurture, then plant out in the garden once the weather settles? Besides watering each... |
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April New Home Sales Inch Upward |
07-06-09 |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of newly built homes were flat last month, but were 7 percent above the rock-bottom lows of January as the battered U.S. real estate market appears to be starting a sl... |
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Tips on protecting your home from a hurricane |
07-06-09 |
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| MIAMI (AP) — Debris crashes through the window. Sideways rain and hurricane winds come inside. A wall is torn apart, part of the roof breaks off, and your home is all but destroyed.
It's t... |
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The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale |
07-06-09 |
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| The Saffir-Simpson scale is used by the National Hurricane Center to give U.S. residents a sense of a hurricane's intensity. The scale ranges from one to five, with five the strongest.
The scale... |
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Taping windows a common storm myth |
07-06-09 |
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| "X'' may mark the spot, but it does not protect a window from failing during a hurricane.
Homeowners in hurricane-prone states should know that taping a big "X'' on a window with maski... |
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$8,000 Tax Credit for First Time Homebuyers
